suckolux
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Ours is monthly!
What's your favorite car?
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human
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No, it's monthly.
real1shep
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$207 isn't too terrible for 90 days. My water, sewer & garbage bill is now $135/month in this one-horse town. I never exceed the minimum charge amount for water. When I moved into this house around 2004, it was $65. I don't know how they can justify that kind of a price hike.
Mine usually runs somewhere between $23 and $27--for water, sewer, and garbage pickup--and I've NEVER seen it hit $30.
That's more in line with what I consider reasonable and wouldn't mind paying. Places with bad infrastructures are obligated to raise water, sewer & garbage fees or pass bond issues to repair all the obsolete utilities. If I was younger, I'd sure get into that field....maybe as an civil inspector.
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real1shep
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<a name="start_32624.363243"></a>Yes well water can suck, but land lady loves the no bill. It's softened for inside, but still not something you want to drink a lot or smell in the shower. Tested, safe.
Well water is easily treated for odor & taste issues, but does require some additional equipment. Landlords usually take the stance however that if the water is safe to drink, deal with it...lol. Sounds like hydrogen sulfides?
Kevin
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Well water is easily treated for odor & taste issues, but does require some additional equipment. Landlords usually take the stance however that if the water is safe to drink, deal with it...lol. Sounds like hydrogen sulfides?
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dartman
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First full 90 day water sewer bill here was 306 bucks. Shortly after when I got my first big refund from the interest credit I bought a nice HE top load washer.
Now bill is usually around 240-250. Old machine was using about 50 gallons a load, new machine uses about 8 average and is bigger.
My old rental water bill was around 30 bucks for 2 months and then a separate sewer bill that was added when the city forced everyone to hook up.
I wonder when the greedy sob's will realize their citizens don't have bottomless pockets.
Now bill is usually around 240-250. Old machine was using about 50 gallons a load, new machine uses about 8 average and is bigger.
My old rental water bill was around 30 bucks for 2 months and then a separate sewer bill that was added when the city forced everyone to hook up.
I wonder when the greedy sob's will realize their citizens don't have bottomless pockets.
vacerator
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Terry,
they haven't realized or cared thus far, so they never will. Like how our incomes dropped half for some last decade, and when they ran out of tax revenue, they had to hike taxes and utilities. Conservatives also did it.
I got an he washer in 2012.
they haven't realized or cared thus far, so they never will. Like how our incomes dropped half for some last decade, and when they ran out of tax revenue, they had to hike taxes and utilities. Conservatives also did it.
I got an he washer in 2012.
suckolux
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Iron and manganese? Kevin. Twin big blue filters before the softener. Still not lovely. I have to change them, 3 a month too
real1shep
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a name="start_32624.363319"></a>For taste issues you want carbon activated filters...not just filtering by microns. Maybe one of those is carbon, you'd know. I'd sure do some heavy research on what's currently out there for i<span style="font-weight: normal;">ron and manganese treatment. Yeah, changing the filters all the time is a real hassle. I just read an article about this as it's a big problem in Pennslyvania. One of the newer treatment processes is catalytic carbon filters and backwashing. I've never had this problem with a customer...iron yes(sulfides), manganese no.
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There's almost always a solution to these things, but sometimes the maintenance is a real hassle. Sorry about the print change, I'm too tired to see why it's doing that...lol.
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Kevin</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a name="start_32624.363319"></a>For taste issues you want carbon activated filters...not just filtering by microns. Maybe one of those is carbon, you'd know. I'd sure do some heavy research on what's currently out there for i<span style="font-weight: normal;">ron and manganese treatment. Yeah, changing the filters all the time is a real hassle. I just read an article about this as it's a big problem in Pennslyvania. One of the newer treatment processes is catalytic carbon filters and backwashing. I've never had this problem with a customer...iron yes(sulfides), manganese no.
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There's almost always a solution to these things, but sometimes the maintenance is a real hassle. Sorry about the print change, I'm too tired to see why it's doing that...lol.
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suckolux
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No worry, thanks for the info. It's not bad with the new softener and filters, they were an addition. just big and heavy and wet to change so much.
electrikbroomgu
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1987 Olds Cutlass
One of my all time favorites since I was a kid are the G-body mid size GM personal luxury coupes. I grew up with these types of cars and owned many over the years. One of my favorites is the Cutlass Supreme. I just found this clean example with only 26K on the clock about 2 hours from me this past Summer. I absolutely love it! Rides like a dream. Handles really well with the optional GM F-41 suspension upgrade. It has the rally gauge cluster, bucket seats and floor shifter and the bullet proof Olds 307 V8 with 4 speed overdrive automatic. Judging by the thumbs up and compliments others seem to like the color combo too. She is now sleeping for the Winter slumber and will re-awaken at the end of April.
One of my all time favorites since I was a kid are the G-body mid size GM personal luxury coupes. I grew up with these types of cars and owned many over the years. One of my favorites is the Cutlass Supreme. I just found this clean example with only 26K on the clock about 2 hours from me this past Summer. I absolutely love it! Rides like a dream. Handles really well with the optional GM F-41 suspension upgrade. It has the rally gauge cluster, bucket seats and floor shifter and the bullet proof Olds 307 V8 with 4 speed overdrive automatic. Judging by the thumbs up and compliments others seem to like the color combo too. She is now sleeping for the Winter slumber and will re-awaken at the end of April.
human
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Beautiful car
I've always liked that body style Cutlass with a two-tone paint job. It really sets off the lines nicely. And that dark/light jade stone green is especially pretty, simultaneously sporty and sophisticated. My dad was still working for Oldsmobile back then and he said the two-tones sold especially well in the Northeast but we seldom saw them down here in the South. Most of the Cutlass coupes of that era sold down here had the vinyl landau roof treatments, of which I was never particularly fond. The cross-laced alloy wheels are a nice touch also. I had those on my '91 Cutlass Supreme coupe (FWD W-body) and later on my '95 Pontiac Bonneville.
I've always liked that body style Cutlass with a two-tone paint job. It really sets off the lines nicely. And that dark/light jade stone green is especially pretty, simultaneously sporty and sophisticated. My dad was still working for Oldsmobile back then and he said the two-tones sold especially well in the Northeast but we seldom saw them down here in the South. Most of the Cutlass coupes of that era sold down here had the vinyl landau roof treatments, of which I was never particularly fond. The cross-laced alloy wheels are a nice touch also. I had those on my '91 Cutlass Supreme coupe (FWD W-body) and later on my '95 Pontiac Bonneville.
vacerator
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I had
a dark maple red and claret red '85 Cutlass Supreme brougham V8.
a dark maple red and claret red '85 Cutlass Supreme brougham V8.
suckolux
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I had a gorgeous 82 Cutlass Supreme Brougham, light and dark gray, mom loved it too, loaded and comfy, slow! It was only here a year, it was a lemon I am afraid. Pretty car, wish my PA rode like that did, or maybe it did and my body wasn't as fussy then
vacerator
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Yes David,
I drove a friends '82 with the 260 V8 and it had no power. The paint job was awefull also. The shocks were too mushy. It rode well on a smooth road, but hopped on bumps like a boat on choppy water.
I drove a friends '82 with the 260 V8 and it had no power. The paint job was awefull also. The shocks were too mushy. It rode well on a smooth road, but hopped on bumps like a boat on choppy water.
suckolux
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Ahh, mine was the 231, 125 hp I think and it drank oil. It was a year old when I got it, always wondered if it was a lemon or mistreated?
electrikbroomgu
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1982 Cutlass
My mom had a light green 82 Cutlass also with the Buick 231 engine. She got it with 30,000 miles and it was in beautiful shape. It never used oil until around 100K but that was traced out to leaky valve cover gaskets. It was always very reliable and mom loved that car. The base suspensions on these were like most other American made cars of the time. Soft and ride oriented. They did offer upgraded suspensions and tires on all of these however and mine has both and combined go a long way to curing the flabby suspension
My mom had a light green 82 Cutlass also with the Buick 231 engine. She got it with 30,000 miles and it was in beautiful shape. It never used oil until around 100K but that was traced out to leaky valve cover gaskets. It was always very reliable and mom loved that car. The base suspensions on these were like most other American made cars of the time. Soft and ride oriented. They did offer upgraded suspensions and tires on all of these however and mine has both and combined go a long way to curing the flabby suspension
vacerator
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That old 231 Buick V6
still had old tolerances, and they did use some oil. The 2 barrel carburetor hesitated on left turns, and they were notorious for spinning crank shaft bearings.
The later version got fuel injection, roller valve cam followers, and was greatly improved, but still not perfect.
still had old tolerances, and they did use some oil. The 2 barrel carburetor hesitated on left turns, and they were notorious for spinning crank shaft bearings.
The later version got fuel injection, roller valve cam followers, and was greatly improved, but still not perfect.
human
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231 V6
The 231 V6 had a long and storied run both with GM and briefly with AMC. Originally developed in the early '60s, it was a V6 version of Buick's Fireball V8. They made the V6 version literally by shearing off two cylinders, which gave it an unusual firing order for a V6 resulting in a somewhat rough idle. This was eventually corrected in the late '70s. Tooling and production of the engine was sold off to American Motors in 1967 at the height of the muscle car era but GM bought it back in '74 when consumer focus shifted to fuel economy. GM originally wanted just to buy the finished engines from AMC the unit cost was going to be too high so they just bought every back and began manufacturing the engine again in-house. The engine eventually evolved into the 3800 V6, gaining not only multi-port fuel injection but a supercharger option as well. That would be the engine in your Park Avenue, David. The 3800 ended its run in 2008 when the plant that built it was closed down.
The 231 V6 had a long and storied run both with GM and briefly with AMC. Originally developed in the early '60s, it was a V6 version of Buick's Fireball V8. They made the V6 version literally by shearing off two cylinders, which gave it an unusual firing order for a V6 resulting in a somewhat rough idle. This was eventually corrected in the late '70s. Tooling and production of the engine was sold off to American Motors in 1967 at the height of the muscle car era but GM bought it back in '74 when consumer focus shifted to fuel economy. GM originally wanted just to buy the finished engines from AMC the unit cost was going to be too high so they just bought every back and began manufacturing the engine again in-house. The engine eventually evolved into the 3800 V6, gaining not only multi-port fuel injection but a supercharger option as well. That would be the engine in your Park Avenue, David. The 3800 ended its run in 2008 when the plant that built it was closed down.
suckolux
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That 82 was the newer one after the odd fire one in my 76 Century. The 82 was under warranty and they offered to replace/ rebuild the heads at 20,000 miles I think it was?It got traded off.
vacerator
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Last cast iron block
GM engine.
There was also a mid 80's Buick 3.3 Litre 3300 90 degree banked V6 that Grand Am's, Olds Calais, and Buick Sommerset's had as an option over the 2.5 litre Iron Duke 4. I think maybe also in the 6000's, Ciera's, and Century's.
GM engine.
There was also a mid 80's Buick 3.3 Litre 3300 90 degree banked V6 that Grand Am's, Olds Calais, and Buick Sommerset's had as an option over the 2.5 litre Iron Duke 4. I think maybe also in the 6000's, Ciera's, and Century's.
